Man, 90, left in wheelchair outside nursing home

NAPLES, Fla. — Authorities say a 90-year-old man is in critical condition after being left in the heat outside a nursing home for three hours.

NBC2 in Fort Myers reports nurses found Robert Bernard unresponsive in his wheelchair outside the Aristocrat Nursing home on Wednesday afternoon.

A 911 caller told a dispatcher that the man had a 105-degree temperature and there were three nurses working to cool him down.

A police report indicated Bernard was wheeled outside about 2 p.m. and the staff discovered the mistake about three hours later. Officials say Bernard was suffering from heat stroke, dehydration and sunburn.

The man was rushed to a hospital where he is being treated in the intensive care unit.

The Collier County Sheriff's Officer and the Department of Children and Families are investigating.

Read or Share this story: http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/28/man-wheelchair--nursing-home/14748651/